JOIN USA couple and their six-year-old daughter were charred to death after their house caught fire in East Bengaluru's KR Puram caught fire early on Wednesday morning.
Santhosh alias Murugan (35), his wife Sophia (30) and their daughter Flora suffocated in the fumes and burns. Santhosh was a cable operator and Sofiya a homemaker. They lived in a rented house at Udaya Nagar near Tin Factory.
The family lit up a candle as there power disruption since morning, and went to sleep. The candle fell on a cloth and caught fire, which engulfed the entire house in no time as there was no proper ventilation. By the time the couple realised the fire, it too late.
Firefighters rushed to the spot and took the couple's bodies out. They saw the girl alive and shifted her to hospital but she did not respond to treatment as she suffered 90% burns. Soumendu Mukherjee, IGP (Fire and Emergency Services), said the cause of the fire would be investigated.
The Mahadevapura police have taken up a case of unnatural deaths.